Elbows

On a warm night in March on a dark disco floor I danced up a storm like I?d never before Every step in the book and then some that weren?t listed For a song or two I felt nothing else existed Now if a dream curled at your feet you?d take it home and name it I?m struggling now to find something to blame it on Strobing effects or perhaps it was that dress But my eye was captured by a beautiful actress Now the minutiae?s still my memory writ large As she danced nearer me with her coy entourage She tugged at the scarf round her neck it came loose She flung it and hung it from the disc jockey?s booth But before I continue one moments reprieve I grant you dear audience a chance to leave For my tale never ends in that it never started When the house lights came on I?d already departed No not one word was spoken nor a glance exchanged When the sun rose next morning the world hadn?t changed See we only touched elbows is the plain naked truth And I can?t even back up my story with proof We only touched elbows, felt our bones clunk together Then the moment was over in a falling feather An accident sure but it happened I?ll wrangle Our elbows did touch our arms at right angles Now there?s naught the nosey observer could?ve guessed But the rock and roll drummer inside of my chest Everyone?s seen her films and I?ll whisper her name That we only touched elbows is not such a shame For the world?s getting crowded and I can?t see a lapse It?s not about leaving spaces but filling the gaps We?re all bumping and knocking strangers all the time Sometimes we don?t notice, mostly we don?t mind A foot brushes your ankle on a peak hour bus Someone?s hand on the small of your back as they pass A shopkeepers fingers while handing you change Can lightly brush yours without feeling too strange But why I felt so alive I can?t quite determine There could be a word to explain it in German Some take others home waking up to regret it We only touched elbows and I?ll never forget it Now the innocent DJ still spins his black moons And keeps us all moving with his faithful tunes And the lights nod in synch, they?re mechanically powered We only touched elbows and I still haven?t showered